The Attendance Trophy was created to add interest to the attendance of Suzuki Owners Club organised events. It began in 1985 and has run every year since.

Events

• Qualifying Events are those that are deemed eligible by an elected member of the Suzuki Owners Club National Committee, with responsibility for Events.
• To qualify, all events must have been authorised and published in the events listings on the club website at least one month prior to the actual event date and where possible in the events news in the Hustler prior to the event this will allow as many SOC members as possible to be notified of the event and therefore the chance to attend. Centre secretaries should check the website events lists prior to a centre meeting and take a copy to the meeting to show their centre members so that they are up to date with what events are taking place.
• To allow all members the opportunity to attend, events must have a start time of no earlier than 10.00am (except where the event is an “all day” event), if an event has a start time earlier than this the organiser must specify a time and meeting point either somewhere along the route after 10.00am, or at the destination The only exception to this is an event where the club marquee is present as all events where this occurs qualify regardless of notification.
• Centre meetings do not qualify for the Attendance Trophy.
• Night/Evening events (except when incorporated into a rally weekend or similar event) do not qualify, as this would exclude members who have long distances to travel to either the start point or venue.
• No qualifying events will be authorised on the same weekend as the national AGM and Invader rally, in order to encourage members to attend and support these flagship events for the Club
• All events must be open to all members of the Suzuki Owners Club without prejudice.
• Members may attend by any form of transport, although motorcycles are the preferred method and where the event is a trophy awarding event (i.e. a rally) anyone travelling by motorcycle will be awarded the trophy, although members travelling by other means will still be awarded their points and mileage for the overall attendance award.
• The Attendance Trophy runs from the AGM to the weekend before the following year's AGM, unless otherwise stated in "Events News".

Signing In

• At each qualifying event there must be a signing in sheet, provided by the event organiser. . This can be the official SOC form or any other form that can be written on by attendees. It must be headed with the Event's name and the date. (Official forms are available from the Events Secretary or via the club website).
• The form must contain columns for: name, membership number, male/female/junior, and centre attended.
• Mileage to any event may be recorded optionally on the attendance sheet if required, for local centres and/or members who wish to record their mileages. The recorded mileage is from the members' home, or departure point if not leaving from home, to the event (one way).
• A valid membership card should be shown on signing in.
• Entries on the form with no membership number or an incorrect membership number will be discarded.
• Illegible writing will have the entry discarded - please use
  BLOCK CAPITALS
  .
• Forms should be returned as soon as possible after the event to allow the update of the computer records. Only data given on the form is recorded. Forms can either be sent by hard copy to: Suzuki Owners Club PO Box 1146, Warrington, WA1 9DN, or scanned and e-mailed to events@suzukiownersclub.co.uk
• For every event attended each member is awarded 1 point. The members centre will also receive 1 point for each centre member signing in at an event. The points awarded to the centre will determine the winner of the centre trophy.
• NOTE: - IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EVENT ORGANISER TO SEND THE SIGNING IN SHEETS TO THE EVENTS OFFICER AS SOON AFTER THE EVENT AS POSSIBLE

Awards

Only one award is made per member each year as per the following list:

• Male Winner: Awarded to the male member that heads the male table with the most points.
• Male Runner Up: Awarded to the male member with the second highest points tally in the male table.
• Female Winner: Awarded to the female member that heads the female table with the most points.
• Female Runner Up: Awarded to the female member with the second highest points tally in the female table.
• Best Newcomer: Awarded to the highest placed male or female that has joined during the year since the last AGM.
• Best Newcomer Runner Up: Awarded to the second placed male or female in the club.
• Junior Award: Awarded to the junior member that has the highest points in the junior table.
• Junior Award Runner Up: Awarded to the second placed junior member in the junior table.
• Centre Trophy: There is a shield that is awarded to the Centre that has the highest points recorded on the computer database.
• In the event of a tie for first place on any of the awards above, more than one first place trophy will be awarded and there will be no runner up prize.
• In the event of a tie for runner up on any of the awards above, more than one runner up prize will be awarded.
• A junior member is under the age of 18 and is the child of a full paying member.

In addition to the above, there may be other trophies awarded to members. This is at the discretion of the National Committee Member(s) with responsibility for Events.

Rules last updated September 2010

The Events Officer reserves the right to amend the rules and qualifications as necessary to keep within the spirit of the SOC Attendance Trophy. The Events Officer's decision is final and no appeals will be allowed!